This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Do you remember being in elementary school and celebrating 100 days of school? I do, I can remember it just like it was yesterday. One of the teachers wore the same shirt every year. Her shirt that had 100 sequins that she has sewn on. The sequins […]

Recently, I tried my hand at refinishing and reupholstering a side chair. The sad, little, throwaway chair was scratched, dented and had a broken seat. I set my mind to creating something useful and pretty, so with persistence and a lot of patience, I worked hard to turn out a sweet pink treasure! Being a […]

Anyone else love fall. I literally have a countdown beginning the first day of September, and I always resist the urge to wear fall attire on the first day of fall. It may be 70 degrees outside, but I’m sure I can make those boots and flannel work. Our October is filled with events: hayrides, […]

Growing up I remember my mom cooking and baking with my mom. We didn’t do it a lot but the times we did were very special to me. I can still remember the time my mom accidentally pulled the beater bar out of the chocolate cake batter before turning it off. I was sitting in my […]

This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Do you remember being in elementary school and celebrating 100 days of school? I do, I can remember it just like it was yesterday. One of the teachers wore the same shirt every year. Her shirt that had 100 sequins that she has sewn on. The sequins […]

Recently, I tried my hand at refinishing and reupholstering a side chair. The sad, little, throwaway chair was scratched, dented and had a broken seat. I set my mind to creating something useful and pretty, so with persistence and a lot of patience, I worked hard to turn out a sweet pink treasure! Being a […]

Anyone else love fall. I literally have a countdown beginning the first day of September, and I always resist the urge to wear fall attire on the first day of fall. It may be 70 degrees outside, but I’m sure I can make those boots and flannel work. Our October is filled with events: hayrides, […]

Growing up I remember my mom cooking and baking with my mom. We didn’t do it a lot but the times we did were very special to me. I can still remember the time my mom accidentally pulled the beater bar out of the chocolate cake batter before turning it off. I was sitting in my […]

This post contains affiliate links. Today is the second day of our 31 Days of Knitted Gifts! Our previous two projects can be found here. This sweet knitted dress is perfect for fall. Just picture it paired with leggings and baby boots. Absolutely adorable! Oooh, and if you added stocking and gold shoes with a gold hair bow it would […]

This post contains affiliate links. Today is the second day of our 31 Days of Knitted Gifts! To see our previous project, go here. This little apple hat is adorable for newborn photos or family fall pictures! I love to see babies in hats! Well, babies are always adorable but when you put one in a […]

This post contains affiliate links. This month I’ll be sharing a DIY knitted gift idea with all the details for making them. I hope you’ll follow along with me. {I’ll be posting the first one later today after I wake up a bit. tomorrow after I get some meds in me. I hate being sick, […]

This post is sponsored by General Mills but my opinions remain my own. I’m all about convenience. I guess it’s American through and through, but I’m also about quality. When I can get the two together you can bet I’m a happy camper. Recently, I’ve been having to eat out quite a bit and have […]

Halloween will be here before we know it! Some of my best memories as a child are dressing up and going trick or treating, and now it is my turn to share those memories with my kiddos! I have been on the hunt for some great DIY kids costumes and I came up with a […]

I love homemade meals. Homemade spaghetti with chopped up carrots, celery, garlic, and onions. Yum! Sometimes though, life doesn’t slow down long enough to prepare a meal made from scratch. Sometimes short cuts are okay. Embrace the short cuts sometimes and give yourself grace! I want to share with you a favorite short cut delicious dinner […]

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